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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 326

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    The most harmfull weeds are nettles, cow-foot, dockens, prusha, yarrow, chickenweed, stinkenrogers, thistles, garden tormenter, scutch, redshanks, marrow gold, everon. They spread very rapidly, and cannot be killed. The herbs that are for cures are dandelion, marchmalice, blithens,ivy, lilly-root, sarral, touch and heal, hemlock, comfurry. Dandelion is a cure for a cough. Marchmalice is a cure for a swelling or a pain. Blithens is a cure for warts. Ivy is a cure for a corn on your foot. The lilly-root is a cure for boils. Sarral is a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Carolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Margaret Carolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath